Contributor Lynn Rosen set out on a walk and ride through Vancouver last week to experience the Olympic spirit coursing through the city’s streets. Vancouver seemed to be one long frat party and street celebration during the Olympics. Her video shows another side of the Olympics, a gathering of the world’s citizens. The competition provided an excuse to party.
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As the Vancouver Winter Olympics were televised, I found that curling had replaced money making on CNBC a few times. Being a creature of habit, I didn’t change the channel, but settled in to watch curling. The next day I watched it again, then again. I even cheered when the U.S. women’s team beat the U.K. and when the men managed to finally win their first match. So, in the interest of intercultural understanding, I asked Karen Cummings, the only person I know who has actually curled, to write a bit about this poorly-understood sport. Isn’t that what travel is all about?
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Here is an interview with a pickpocket done in Pamplona, Spain, during the Running of the Bulls. Many of us have been pickpocketed, but few have had the opportunity to meet a pickpocket face to face and speak with the likable fellow. Watch and learn how easy it is to lose what you don’t take care of. The rest of these videos focus on Canada with the Winter Olympics coming up in Vancouver on the Pacific side of the country, and Quebec’s Winter Carnival and skiing going full blast on the other side of the country.
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Winter Olympics 2006, Torino, Italy — Here is one of the closing songs featuring Hayley Westenra & Andrea Bocelli, singing Time to Say Goodbye. The Italians know how to put on a show.
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